Hurricane Erin is currently a high-end Category 2 hurricane, causing life-threatening rip currents and dangerous surf along the US East Coast. It is expected to impact North Carolina's Outer Banks with destructive waves and storm surge. Although Erin is not forecast to make landfall, it poses a threat to coastal areas with tropical-storm-force winds possible. There have been mandatory evacuations in Dare and Hyde counties, and Puerto Rico as well as other islands faced flooding and power outages due to Erin's outer bands. The hurricane showed rapid intensification to Category 5 but has since fluctuated.
Hurricane Erin, a high-end Category 2 hurricane, is causing life-threatening rip currents and dangerous surf along the US East Coast and soon to impact North Carolina.
The hurricane is not expected to make landfall but is creating dangerous coastal conditions. A tropical storm watch is in effect from central North Carolina to Kitty Hawk.
Evacuations were mandated in Dare and Hyde counties as Erin's outer bands caused flooding and power outages in Puerto Rico and the southeast Bahamas.
Erin rapidly intensified to Category 5 due to warm waters, highlighting the continuing threat despite the current drop to a high-end Category 2.
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